RIMWORLD 2020: The Great White North

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RIMWORLD 2020: The Great White North

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OK, your hints worked. Just don't piss me off and make me change my mind.

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Sorry for leaving last year's thread on a cliff-hanger when I kind of ran into a creative wall and put it aside. Fortunately, I've enlisted George Lucas to tell us how the last colony's story played out:

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Thanks George. So there you have it.

Last year's thread if you'd like to re-visit it

And the original from a few years back if you'd like a re-read
RimWorld is a computer game in which you manage a group of stranded castaways on a remote planet, working to establish a sustainable settlement in the face of threats from starvation, natural disasters, wildlife, hostile natives, pirates, etc.

What makes RimWorld different is that unlike most other games, in which you have direct control over your characters, your settlers in RimWorld have minds of their own, and your planning must take into account their strengths, weaknesses, and personality quirks. RimWorld characters can develop rivalries, fight, fall in love, become drug addicts, have nervous breakdowns, and all manner of other things. All these details make it as much of an emergent storytelling generator as of a game.

So, what I'll be doing is playing through some sessions of the game, using characters based on Swampers to make it interesting, and post updates and screenshots here as things play out.
As mentioned in the other thread, the game just had a big update along with a new expansion called Royalty. I haven't read much on it myself and don't really know what to expect, but maybe that will just make it more interesting.

First poll is up to select the biome for our next colony. After that we'll do the colony pet, etc. and proceed with the next steps.
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This will pass the time during the looming quarantine nicely...
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Boreal! Aka - Canada.
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It should be the one where there is more of a risk of disease...
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I thought we were doing this to have an escape from disease.
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Yeah, Olympic Village or GTFO
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brian wrote: Mon Mar 02, 2020 11:46 am I thought we were doing this to have an escape from disease.
We tried, but ironically, we could not...
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Boreal Forest has edged out the competition to be our colony site:

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New poll up for the colony pet.
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Our camp will be Otterly adorable.
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More like black bear-eal forest!
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The otters can be trained to attack people, btw.
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Can I just ask that we adopt a rescue otter?
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The votes should all be moose, people. No one is fucking with a battle moose.
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We could be fighting commies, so I'm going Wolverines.
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Classic case of voting against your own interests: wolverine.

That can't be a good pet.
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Gonna need an explanation from the person that voted caribou.
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Nonlinear FC wrote: Tue Mar 03, 2020 11:40 am Gonna need an explanation from the person that voted caribou.
Yeah that person need to be brought into rein. Dear.
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A_B wrote: Tue Mar 03, 2020 11:43 am
Nonlinear FC wrote: Tue Mar 03, 2020 11:40 am Gonna need an explanation from the person that voted caribou.
Yeah that person need to be brought into rein. Dear.
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Boreal forest needs a Caribou.
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wlu_lax6 wrote: Tue Mar 03, 2020 12:17 pm Image
The poll didn't say Intergalactic Badass Racoon, Noah!

Pissing your valuable vote away on an oversized gerbil... dammit, man.
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Also... porcupine???!

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Looks like we'll be rolling with a moose if the results stand.

Should have our opening roster and additional preview info up tomorrow.
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Johnny Carwash wrote: Wed Mar 04, 2020 1:52 pm Looks like we'll be rolling with a moose if the results stand.

Should have our opening roster and additional preview info up tomorrow.
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Pruitt wrote: Tue Mar 03, 2020 12:47 pm Image
Isn't the plural form of caribou, caribou?
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P.D.X. wrote: Wed Mar 04, 2020 2:57 pm
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Isn't the plural form of caribou, caribou?
Apparently it can be either.

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I can sculpt a moose. Covered in vomit.
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Moose pulled ahead of the competition to win the poll for our colony pet.

The moose will be joined by the initial roster of colonists:

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dear lord, for the first time my character doesn't suck.
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...abrasive d...
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...but then ran afoul of the authorities after attempting to genetically modify himself to be immortal.
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Did you get the new Royal DLC or are you playing on 1.1?

The new royalty add-ins would add so much more to an already great game.
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duff wrote: Fri Mar 06, 2020 8:29 am Did you get the new Royal DLC or are you playing on 1.1?

The new royalty add-ins would add so much more to an already great game.
Yes, I got it. Haven't actually played it yet, so I'll be going in blind, but maybe that will only make it more fun.

When I fired up the game to test, a bunch of stuff was broken or wonky due to the update and the various mods I have installed, so hopefully can work things out over the weekend.
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Also it's funny that so far no one thinks the prima donna artist who refuses to do menial labor will be the first to die in a crisis situation.
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Johnny Carwash wrote: Fri Mar 06, 2020 10:17 am Also it's funny that so far no one thinks the prima donna artist who refuses to do menial labor will be the first to die in a crisis situation.
Hard to die when you are cowering inside a building as your colleagues are making sure the raiders are not going to bugger the moose.
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Looks good. Nothing like a little vomit to start the day.
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